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- MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

No. 294,581. Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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JEFFERSON M. CLOUGH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEWINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,581, dated March 4,1884. Application filed December 15, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it'maty concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON M. CLOUGH, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inMagazine Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of the arm complete; Fig. 2, a section through thereceiver; Fig. 3, a side view with the butt-stock and fore-end removed;Fig. 4, a perspective view of the forward end of the magazine-tube; Fig.5, a transverse section on line a m,- Fig. 6, a trans verse section online y y. Fig. 7 illustrates modification of the shape of the forwardend of the magazine; Fig. 8, a perspective view of the trigger-guardplate detached; Fig. 9, a longitudinal horizontal section in a centralline through the forward end of the magazinetube. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of magazinefire-arms in which the magazine is arranged in the stock in rear of thebarrel and opens below the longitudinally-movable breech-piece, and sothat when the breech-piece is open the column of can tridges is forcedforward by the spring in the" magazine, to present the foremostcartridge.

into a position forward of the front face of the breech-piece, and sothat when the breech piece is returned it will force said foremostcartridge into its chamber in the barrel, and

particularly to the arm known as the Hotchkiss gun. As heretoforeconstructed, this arm has been made with the butt-stock and fore-endcomplete in one piece, the mechanism of the arm being located within thestock.

This construction necessitates cutting away a large portion of the wood.This cutting away of the stock is not only expensive, but weakens thestock throughout the receiver portion. Again, an arm in which thefore-end and butt portion are in a continuous piece has a more clumsyappearance than when a metal receiver is introduced between the buttportion and the fore-end, notwithstanding the general outline of the armmay remain the same.

The object of this invention is to construct the arm with a metalreceiver with which the magazine-tube may be permanently engaged, and sothat the butt-stock may be attached to the receiver independent of thefore-end, and the fore-end attached to the receiver inde pendent of thebutt-stock.

To this end the invention consists in the construction of the receiverand forward end of the magazine-tube, whereby the magazinetube islocated by its connection with the receiver, and secured theretosubstantially independent of the butt-stock, .and as more fullyhereinafter described. 6 5

A is the receiver, constructed with a tang, B, at the rear end, similarto the receiver in other arms, to extend back onto the top of thebutt-stock Cand aid in securing the butt-stock to the receiver. At theforward end, D, the receiver is constructed for the attachment of thebarrel E, in the usual manner. Longitudinally through the receiver isthe guideway F 'or mouth of the magazine terminates at a,

where a shoulder is formed, against which the magazine-tube will abut,as shown in Fig. 2. In rear of the extreme forward end of the receiver,and on each side, is a verticalshoulder, b, in outline shapedcorresponding to the shape of the fore end, and so that the fore-end Lwill abut against that shoulder. 9o The trigger-guard plate M is ofusual form, fitted with the guard N for the protection of the trigger O.This strap is of length to extend forward into the rear end of thefore-end L and rearward into the butt-stock, as seen in Fig, 2, and isalso constructed to fit a corresponding recess in the under side .of thereceiver, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6. Near its forward end it isconstructed with a lug, P, and through the sides of the receiver and thelug a screw, R, passes. Near the rear end of the receiver a like lug, S,is formed on the strap, through which anduthe receiver a screw, T,passes. These two screws serve to secure the guard-strap to the receiverfirmly, so as to become substantially a part of it. Through the forwardend of the strap and through the foreend L into the bottom of thereceiver a screw,

N, is introduce d, by which, together with the lug WV on the receiver,which enters a corresponding recess in the fore-end, the fore-end issecured to the receiver. Forward of the receiver the usual bands areapplied, as seen in Fig. 1. Near the rear end of the guard-strap a screwis introduced to secure that end to the butt-stock, in the usual manner.

The forward end of the magazine is constructed as seen in Fig. 4that is,with an enlargement, b, and upon the under edge of this enlarged portionis a tongue, (I. In the receiver, at the rear end of the mouth II, arecess, e, is made corresponding to this enlarged part b of the forwardend of the magazinetube, and at the bottom the recess is open to receivethe tongue d between the two sides of the opening, as seen in Fig. 6,and so that the tube passed inward from the rear end of the receiver,its enlarged forward end enters and fits closely the seat thus preparedfor it at its junction with the mouth H of the magazine, and thuslocates the tube and holds it in its proper relation to the mouth. Thetongue (1 forms a shoulder, f, at the rear, and against this shoulder acorresponding shoulder or shoulders, g, on the lugs h,which are a partof the trigger-guard, fit and bear.

The magazine-tube I is first introduced with its end located by the seatformed in the receiver, as before described, then the triggerguard plateis introduced to bring the shoulder g against the shoulder f on thetube; then the trigger-guard, secured, holds the magazine firmly in itsposition. The magazinetube extends rearward and downward, inclinedcorresponding substantially to the incline of the butt-stock, and so asto enter a corresponding recess in the butt-stock, and the butt-stock ispassed on over the tube into its position between the tang B and thetrigger-guard against the rear end of the receiver. By this constructionI give to the arm a general appearance similar to that of the\Vinchester arm, the sides of the receiver being exposed substantiallyas in that arm. This construction of the receiver so as to locate andhold the magazine-tube enables the assembling of all the metal parts ofthe arm independent of the stock, and avoids a large part of the expenseof stocking the gun without adding materially to the metal parts of thearm.

\Vhile I prefer to construct the end of the magazine with the tongue atthe bottom,which will serve to locate it circumferentially, the

cndof the arm may bemadeof angular shapcsay polygonal, say as in Fig.7and the recess of corresponding shape, it only being essential that theforward end of the magazine and the recess in the receiver in which itfits shall be of such shape as to positively locate the magazine-tube inits proper relation to the mouth, and so that when in place the mouthforms a continuation of the tube forward.

If the receiver were exposed its entire length between the butt-stockand the fore-end, it would be so long as to detract materially from thesymmetrical appearance of the arm; but by forming the shoulder 12 inrear of the extreme forward end of the receiver, I extend the fore-endrearward so far as to apparently shorten the length of the receiver andproduce the appearance of the receivers in other classes ofmagazine-armssuch, for instance, as the Winchester arm.

As this invention does not in any particular relate to the lockmechanism of the arm, I have not shown that mechanism any further thanto show the trip or check 11 in the magazine-tube, which is operated bythe trigger to hold back the column of cartridges.

I claim-- 1. In that class of magazine fire-arms in which the magazineis located in the butt-stock and opens forward into the receiver, areceiver constructed to receive a butt-stock independent of thefore-end,and with the mouth through which the cartridges are introducedto the magazine, or into which the cartridges are successively forcedfrom the magazine, the rear end of said mouth constructed to form ashoulder, a, and with a recess, 6, in rear of it, and of other thancylindrical shape, combined with a magazine-tube, its forward endconstructed of corresponding other than cylindrical shape, so as to fitsaid recess and abut against said shoulder, whereby said magazinetube islocated in its proper relation to the mouth, irrespective of thebuttstock into which it extends, substantially as described.

, 2. The receiver constructed to receive the butt-stock independent ofthe fore-end, the trigger-guard plate arranged between the two sides ofa receiver, and so as to form substantially the bottom thereof, saidplate extending rearward and fitted for attachment to the buttstock, andforward fitted for attachment to the fore-end, the receiver constructedwith a mouth through which the cartridges may be introdnced to themagazine, or into which the car'- tridges may be successively forcedfrom the magazine, the rear end of said mouth constructed to form ashoulder, a, and with a recess in rear of it, combined with amagazinetube, its forward end constructed to fit said recess and abutagainst said shoulder, whereby said magazine-tube is located in itsproper relation to the mouth, irrespective of the buttengage with acorresponding shoulder, f, on stock, and with a vertical shoulder, b, inrear IO the magazine-tube, in rear of its forward end, of its forwardend, against whichthe foreend substantially as described L will abut,whereby said fore-end extends to 3. In a magazine fire-arm, the receivercona point in rear of the forward end of the re 5 structed with themouth H, through which the ceiver, substantially as described.

cartridges are introduced to the magazine, JEFFERSON M. OLOUGH. and intowhich the cartridges are successively \Vitnesses: presented from themagazine, said receiver DANIEL H. VEADER,

constructed at its rear end to receive the butt- LEE H. DANIELS.

